21 Proteas offered CSA contracts

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Cape Town - Cricket South Africa (CSA) on Friday announced the Proteas men’s and the women’s squads to be awarded national contracts for the 2017/18 season.

The contracts will cover the period from April 1, 2017 to March 31, 2018, which includes, inter-alia, the 2017 edition of the ICC Champions Trophy, the ICC Women’s World Cup and the men’s bilateral tours away to England and the home series against Bangladesh, India and Australia.

First time national contracts have been awarded to Stephen Cook, Keshav Maharaj, Chris Morris, Andile Phehlukwayo and Tabraiz Shamsi who all made their international debuts during the course of the past contract year.

“With a busy season ahead of us which also means heavier workloads on players, we decided to increase the number of men’s national contracts from 18 to 21,” commented CSA CEO, Haroon Lorgat.

“We also needed to recognise that certain players are specialists in certain formats of the game.”

The two young Proteas stars, Quinton de Kock and Kagiso Rabada, have for the first time been awarded multi-year contracts and thus join the elite player group.

“We are fortunate to have transitioned successfully and we now boast a strong squad made up of young and experienced world class stars,” added Lorgat.

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